‘The manager should have taken him off’ – Keane blasts Harry Kane in Spurs defeat

The Champions League winners now sit joint-top of the Premier League with Liverpool

‘The manager should have taken him off’ – Keane blasts Harry Kane in Spurs defeat
Harry Kane

Manchester United icon Roy Maurice Keane has blasted Harry Kane and insisted that Tottenham boss Nuno Espirito Santo should have dragged him off the pitch.

Roy Keane held nothing back as he let rip at Tottenham’s terrible second-half performance in their 3-0 defeat to Chelsea on Sunday in their own yard.

Goals from Thiago Silva, N’Golo Kante and Antonio Rudiger buried the Lilywhites who started well in the opening 45 minutes.

The Sky Sports pundit tore into the home side in his post-match analysis as he claimed it was like watching “men vs boys”.

“I thought obviously Chelsea were excellent, we know what they’re about now.

“I couldn’t believe how bad Spurs were. You can have an off day, sometimes you lose the quality, but the lack of desire.

“The difference in terms of desire and wanting to win a football match was totally off the mark.

“Tottenham players were not doing the basics in a game of football. All of the goals, talk about wanting to put your body on the line.

“The game is 90 minutes long, ‘Oh, they done well in the first half,’ it doesn’t matter.

“I’m including Harry Kane, Kane’s body language today, his performance today Kane – oh my goodness. I’m pretty angry today watching Spurs there.

“I’m talking about closing somebody down, putting your body on the line, that comes from desire, that comes from within.

“You can criticize maybe the coach and a lot of other stuff, but get to the ball, stop the shot, put your body on the line,” Keane said on Sky after the final whistle.

Roy Keane on the other hand showered praises for the incredible display on the pitch by Chelsea on Sunday.

The Sky pundit claimed the Blues performance even humiliated England skipper Harry Kane.

“Chelsea are a brilliant team, we saw that with the substitutions coming on, pure quality.

“I've no problem with them being short of quality, shall we say at Tottenham,” Keane added.

The Champions League winners now sit joint-top of the Premier League with Liverpool.